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Colonialism, Imperialism, Hegemony

Colonialism, Imperialism, Hegemony. Definitions. Colonialism: People Imperialism: Direct power Hegemony: Indirect power. Colonialism. American West Hawai’i + Alaska

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Colonialism, Imperialism, Hegemony

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  1. Colonialism, Imperialism, Hegemony

  2. Definitions • Colonialism: • People • Imperialism: • Direct power • Hegemony: • Indirect power

  3. Colonialism • American West • Hawai’i + Alaska • Rationales: Manifest Destiny, Social Darwinism, Frederick Jackson Turner “frontier thesis,” population pressure, economic pressure • Policies: land grants, Indian Wars • Outcome: extermination of natives or “assimilation”

  4. Imperialism • Cuba • Philippines • Panama • Rationales: Social Darwinism, White Man’s Burden, markets (neo-mercantilism) • Policies: Roosevelt Corollary • Outcome: occupation, military build-up, subjugation and murder of natives

  5. Hegemony • Latin America / Caribbean • China • Africa and Middle East (post-WWII) • Rationales: economic, “stability,” security • Policies: McKinley: Open Door Policy, Taft: Dollar Diplomacy, Wilson: Moral Diplomacy, Roosevelt: Good Neighbor Policy • Outcome: “banana republics,” dictatorships

  6. Iraq? • Imperialism to create democracy? • Niall Ferguson, Colossus: nations that have been thoroughly “imperialized” (India, Singapore, Hawai’i, Philippines) do better (economically, politically) than those that have not (Africa, Middle East)

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